MENU - FIRST HALF OF JANUARY 2014

Here are three new recipes for you, then our food plan for the next couple weeks

* pasta Athena - Pasta, shrimp, olives, garlic, spinach, feta .... delicious!

* broccoli bacon salad - A combo of two different recipes, this is what I took to Thanksgiving dinner last month, but forgot to post until recently.   

* tortellini salad with pecans, cranberries, and feta - More pasta and feta, but totally different from the first recipe I linked.  Yummy!

BREAKFASTS
* doughnuts x2
* oatmeal with brown sugar, cinnamon, milk, raisins, fruit, huh-koe-pee milk, and energy mix as optional toppings 
     - with cottage cheese and fruit x4
     - with yogurt and fruit smoothies x3
* egg & potato scramble (ours are always made with a ton of chopped spinach, often some chopped tomatoes, and always a sprinkling of some type of cheese)/toast x4

* sour cream pancakes/smoothies

* egg & shrimp scramble/smoothies

WEEKDAY LUNCHES  
* meat & cheese sandwich/peas/apples x2

* crackers/cheddar/cukes/olives x2
* peanut butter & jelly sandwich on oatmeal pancakes/applesauce/peas

* oat & almond bars/carrots/hummus

* black bean dip/crackers/carrots/red bell peppers

* tuna sandwiches/red bell peppers/pea pods

DINNERS

* leftovers x2
* tacos (meat and crockpot beans from the freezer) x2

* honey curried chickpeas (crockpot)/quinoa/simple roasted broccoli

* carrot soup/cheesy muffins

* rice, kale, & eggs

* teriyaki chicken (crockpot, raw from the freezer)/rice/simple roasted broccoli

* oriental rice salad/roasted green beans

* do-it-all salmon (Tim's catch, from the freezer)/rice/new recipe

* brown rice lentil salad over spinach

* penne & sausage casseroles (freeze half the sauce for another day)/salad with pears & cranberry vinaigrette

* sesame honey chicken (crockpot, raw from the freezer)/rice/garlic roasted cauliflower

* cheesy green beans/rice

* black bean & couscous salad (except I'm going to try it with quinoa)

SNACKS & DESSERTS

* produce

* hummus for veggies

* nuts - pistachios & roasted almonds

* popcorn

* caramel apple cookies (we're all currently in love with these)

* chocolate chip peanut butter bars